Greg Egan
Greg Egan
Greg Eganis an Australian science fiction writer...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth20 August 1961
CountryAustralia
thinking decision made
I admire David Lynch so much, and I think he made some bad decisions with Lost Highway.
thinking opportunity needs
I think new writers everywhere need opportunities to get published.
industry major producing publishing sure trouble work
Even if I have no trouble producing new work for another 40 years, the publishing industry is sure to go through some major upheavals.
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fandoms clubs social
Fandom is about fandom, it's a great big social club.
airports june car
It was almost noon when the plane touched down at the Triad airport on the outskirts of Greensboro. There was a hire car waiting for me; I waved my notepad at the dashboard to transmit my profile, then waited as the seating and controls rearranged themselves slightly, piezoelectric actuators humming. As I started to reverse out of the parking bay, the stereo began a soothing improvisation, flashing up a deadpan title: Music for Leaving Airports 11 June 2008.
artist years albums
I'm rarely grabbed by anything the way I was when I was 10 years younger. About the only relatively new artists whose albums I own are Beck, and They Might Be Giants.
writing stories
I've been taking longer to write stories lately.
writing long gaps
I've supported myself by writing since 1992, and I'm probably very nearly unemployable by now because employers are likely to be put off by the long gap.
lying mean sake
Everyone here would die for the sake of truth. Everyone here lies constantly for the tiniest chance of personal gain. This is what it means to be a scientist.
want eternity
Nobody wants to spend eternity alone.
journalism truth-is
No, that’s journalism. The truth is whatever you can’t escape.
overrated has-beens
Would I have been happier? Maybe. But then, happiness was overrated.
fall gazing faces
If we spend all our time gazing at the wonders ahead without remembering where we're standing right now, we're going to trip and fall flat on our face, over and over agaain.